Tearing machine

Tearing machines second hand:
Tearing lines | Textile recycling plants | Edge trim opener |
Pulling machines | Shredder

2 pcs. edge trim opener TEMAFA (Ref. No. 1116112).
500 mm working width, year of construction 2000,
very low number of working hours.
Both edge trim openers use the same switch board. So, it
is preferred to sell the two machines together.
The technical literature is available. 

1 pc. Plastcompactor HERBOLD HV 50 (Ref. No. 1115677)
low number of working hours
complete agglomeration machine with new
water chiller and control panel
Materials which successfully ran through the machine are PA6 (500-700 kg per/hr) , PA66 (500-700 kg per/hr), PP (600-700 kg per/hr), LDPE (600-700 kg per/hr), HDPE (500-700 kg per/hr), PET (500-700 kg per/hr), PTT (Sorona Yarn) (500-700 kg per/hr), PBT (500-700 kg per/hr) and PS (500-700 kg per/hr) in the form of shavings, film, fibres and foam.

1 pc. small tearing machine / edge trim opener LAROCHE CADETTE 500 / SUPERTRIM 500 (Ref. No. 1112749)
500 mm working width, year of construction 2001, used
steel frame, belt 500 mm wide x 2.200 mm long
feeding chute 500 x 400 x 900 mm
tearing roller 600 mm wide
2 D-motors 1,1/7,5 KW - 1400/286 TPM
light control, exit blower muff DN 200, incl. 1 switch board
Saw teeth wire V 10 on tambour
Single cylinder machine with two entry rollers
and inside back feeding belt for coarser pieces
The machine has not been used since 2003 and is stored in ware house, 
formerly used as laboratory machine only. So, the machine is in very good condition (less than 50 working hours).

2 pcs. 4-cylinder tearing lines (Ref. No. 1115520)

1 pc. tearing line SCHIRP (Ref. No. 1115321)
1000 mm working width, year of construction 1985, second-hand
3 tambours, feeder, double picker
spare parts, two spare tambours, electric cabinet
Robot PIERRET
3 sack filters 43000 qbm
1 power generator 250 KVA (2001), 15000 hours
1 vertical press, year of construction 1985, 40 tons
pressing power, Spanish manufacturer
Motor's type and its electric power consumption: For whole the line 250 KVA.
Dimensions of the sections/tambours part of the tearing machine: 2 tambours 1 m - 3 tambours 85 cm
No cutting equipment included.
Quantity and dimensions of pins: The 2 first 2x924 pins - the last 3 = +-8000 pins/tambour.
Pins are wooden.
The line is disconnected from electricity, so unfortunately it is not possible to switch the machinery on during inspection.

1 pc. tearing line for textile waste from natural fibers LAROCHE  (Ref. No. 1114895)

2 pcs. cutting machines to cut remaining yarn from yarn cones SCAGGLIA STRIPEX type 104 (Ref. No. 3304639)
year of construction 1987 + 1989
1 machine for spinning sleeves
inner diameter stripper ring 157 mm, diameter tool 140 mm, length of tool 140 mm
1 machine for texturing sleeves
inner diameter stripper ring 73,5 mm, diameter tool 67,5 mm, length tool 250 mm
previously used for FK6 sleeves (Barmag)

1 pc. tearing machine ROLANDO (Ref. No. 1114191)
1000 mm working width, year of construction approx. 1978
incl. 1 spare tambour, feeding table included
motor 45 kW, without suction ventilator

1 pc. rag tearing line DELL'ORCO (Ref. No. 1113769)
2000 mm working width, year of construction 1997
6 sections (cylinders), consisting of:
one feed box feeding section 1&2 followed by a cleaner (material can be diverted around the cleaner if desired) one feed box feeding sections 3,4,5&6 + another cleaner (material can be diverted around the cleaner and fed directly into baler) one bale press (the press is automatic with the exception of tying the wire. One Timtex filter with fan driven by 300 HP motor (capacity 75,000 cfm). Also included is one air lock assembly, plus conveyors to service a dust baler. Two storage boxes in warehouse storage, Two Dell'Orco 4 blade rotary cutters each providing 1000 cuts per min. Also included are spare parts of which are 4 spare cylinders 3 spare feed rolls, one spare condenser drum, one set of new flat sword pin lags (still in the original case)+ 2 sets of mixed used & new lags. This machine is on the floor of the plant and is operational and can be inspected at any time.

1 pc. small tearing machine SCHIRP (Ref. No. 1113613)
1000 mm working width, year of construction 1974
single tambour

1 pc. recycling line for waste material STARLINGER (Ref. No. 1113581)
year of construction 1994
suitable for reprocessing waste of PET, PA, PS or other polyolefines,
or mixed materials, e.g. PET-PP in one continuous operation.
The waste material - ground synthetic resin bottles, filaments (also stretched or unstretched multifilament), tapes, film, cloth etc. - is directly fed to the unit and comes out as clean and dry granulate suitable for re-utilization. Feeding is effected by a movement-controlled conveyor with hot cutting device to the shredder cylinder in which the material is cut into small pieces, automatically drawn in by the extruder screw, plasticised and homogenized.

1 pc. cutting mill AMIS (Ref. No. 1113455)
300 mm working width, year of construction 1982
rotor diameter 300 mm, 2 knives

1 pc. recycling line to recycle carpet waste PALLMAN (Ref. No. 1112871)
year of construction 1992, consisting of:
hacker, agglomerator, hot granulator, screw, intermediate tank, fine mill
(The recycling line is suitable to recycle coated carpet waste to produce a granulate which will be used as an additive in the new carpet coating process.)

1 pc. 2-cylinder-tearing machine (Ref. No. 1111695)
600 mm working width, year of construction ?
cylinder diameter 1000 mm
ledges 60 mm wide = approx. 52 ledges on one tambour
each ledge with 9 pins in working direction and
60 pins in width direction of 60 mm. Total number of
pins per ledge = 540 x 52 ledges = 28.080 pins per cylinder.
Both tambours have same amount of pins

Tearing machines and textile recycling plants
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Tornado Textilmaschinen GmbH Import-Export is used textile machinery dealer from Germany. We offer surplus nonwovens equipment and pre-owned textile machinery for sale. We buy and sell second-hand edge trim openers, tearing lines, tearing plants, shredders, pulling machines and similar used machinery for textile and textile waste recycling.